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What is Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore?
One of 5 national parks in Michigan, this park stretches from Grand Marais to Munising. Its beautiful sandstone cliffs are thanks to the presence of minerals like iron, copper, limonite and manganese.
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What is 5?
There are only 7 continents, but this surprising number of continents fit this category.
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What is thunder?
While a cannon shot can be heard more than 50 miles away, this is rarely heard beyond 20.
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What are Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah?
The Four Corners monument marks the point at which these four state borders touch.
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Who is Mike Sollars?
The newest member of the Kiwanis Club of Woodhaven, this person discovered Paul while perusing through the ancient history section of the Brownstown Historical Society.
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What is Great Smoky Mountains National Park?
Straddling the border between Tennessee and North Carolina, this is the most visited national park in the US, welcoming over 12 million visitors in 2019.
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What is an igloo?
Maybe you made one as a kid during the winter, but Inuit natives in the Arctic created and lived in these structures to stay warm.
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What is counterclockwise?
Direction of hurricane spin in the northern hemisphere.
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What is Maine?
This state is the only US state of the continental 48 to only share a land border with one other state.
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Who is Bob McCoy?
By far the winner of the Kiwanis Club of Woodhaven's "best goatee award", he has a natural affinity for a dog that sounds more like a dessert treat.
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What is California?
Twenty one states are without a national park. This state, however, is home to the most national parks of any, with a grand total of 9 parks.
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What is Ottawa?
The capital of the Great White North, this city sits on the Rideau river, a mere 60 miles or so from its only national land border.
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What is frost?
This term is used for frozen dew on the grass.
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What is Pennsylvania?
Including land and sea borders, this state has the shortest border with Canada.
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Who is Jim Jorgensen?
This member of the Kiwanis Club of Woodhaven, with an alliterative name, can sometimes be seen zooming from his other home in Cadillac, MI.
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What is Petrified Forest National Park?
Fallen trees turned to rock are the main attraction of this national park located in Arizona's Painted Desert.
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What are Oklahoma, Idaho, Indiana, and Iowa?
Eight US states start and end with a vowel. Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, and Ohio are 4 of them, all starting and ending with the same vowel. These other 4 states start and end with a vowel, but not the same vowel.
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What is Nevada?
This US state's name actually means "snow-capped" in Spanish, which is odd since its the driest state in the US.
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What is Tennessee?
There are two states with the most neighborly states, each with 8 state borders; one is Missouri, and the other is this state. (Daily double: name all 8 borders of this state)
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Who is Bob Snell?
If this member of the Kiwanis Club of Woodhaven took a wrong turn on his bus, we can all be sure that Katie would be quick to correct him.
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What is Everglades National Park?
Home to the largest area of tropical wilderness in the United States, this park is a biosphere reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and, as of 1947, a national park.
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What is Lake Okeechobee?
Located in Florida, its the 8th largest natural freshwater lake in the United States, and its the 2nd largest freshwater lake contained entirely within the United States.
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Who is Peter?
The rooster on top of a church weathervane reminds us of a story involving this apostle.
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What is Ohio?
This state's southern border is formed by a river of the same name.
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Who is Jim Robbins?
He's grandpa to one member, master planner to the rest of the members, and word on the street is that his house is the place to go for a sewing machine.
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